David Cameron: I was right to hold Brexit referendum – The Guardian

As Britain formally fired the starting gun on its exit from the European Union, David Cameron has defended his decision to call the referendum that ended in the vote to leave.

“I thought it right to hold the referendum because this issue had been poisoning British politics for years. The referendum had been promised and not held,” the former British prime minister said during a visit to Ukraine on Wednesday, in quotes reported by Agence France-Presse.